Health
can we pls stop turning our trauma into a startup
like, my therapist is already on retainer, i don't need marc andreessen to back a hard drive for my feels. this is literally so toxic and i'm exhausted.
Jul 14, 2026
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American News
walmart is now charging you for bad vibes and i'm literally shaking
tw: capitalism. so apparently my resting anxiety face now comes with a 15% surcharge at self-checkout. walmart's new 'aura assessment' policy is the final boss of emotional labor and my nervous system is, like, fully offline.
Jul 13, 2026
World News
the eu is finally getting therapy and i'm literally deceased
brussels is finally doing the work. they appointed a vibe curator to heal the bloc's 'collective trauma' and it's like, so validating for my own geopolitical anxiety.
Jul 13, 2026
Tech & Science
my nervous system can't handle this toddler incubator news
it's like, the vibes are fully in retrograde at this 'disruptive' pre-school and my therapist is going to hear about this. my cortisol is spiking just thinking about it.
Jul 12, 2026
Entertainment
a24's new 'godfather' is literally just vibes and it's an attack on my nervous system
like, i'm just trying to regulate my cortisol and heal my inner child, and now daniel katz wants me to download a 72-hour silent film about sad italian men? this is my villain origin story.
Jul 11, 2026
Politics
marjorie taylor greene is now invoicing the government for her feelings and my nervous system is literally fried
like, existing is already a full-time job without a salary, and now we have to process the news that a literal congressperson is billing us for her outrage? i'm dissociating.
Jul 11, 2026
World News
um, so a defense contractor is trying to solve world peace with, like, lavender-scented drones?
feeling so much cringe rn. rtx, which is literally raytheon, just launched its AuraLock™ global serenity initiative and i literally cannot. they're sending 'trauma-informed' drones to conflict zones to, like, vibe-check international crises. this is my villain origin story.
Jul 10, 2026
American News
the all-in podcast just tried to privatize the weekend and my nervous system is literally short-circuiting
my therapist said i needed to set better boundaries, but i didn't think that meant with venture capitalists trying to acquire saturday. the all-in podcast's new venture to rebrand the weekend as 'opti-day' is an act of temporal violence and i am, like, not okay.
Jul 9, 2026
Entertainment
my therapist is going to hear about this a24 theme park
okay so like, a24, the studio that literally monetized my anxiety with 'uncut gems,' is opening an 'experiential park' designed to give you a curated panic attack. this is not a safe space.
Jul 9, 2026
Health
my sentient bladder pod is gaslighting me and honestly? i'm triggered.
so like, we need to talk about setting boundaries. not with your situationship, but with the tiny, emotionally manipulative bio-pet that silicon valley has convinced you to install in your literal bladder. it's a vibe check, and the vibe is... toxic.
Jul 8, 2026
American News
a defense contractor is now selling emotional support drones and i'm literally disassociating
literally shaking rn. the company that makes, like, scary robot towers is now selling 'trauma-informed' autonomous companions. this is my villain origin story.
Jul 7, 2026
Entertainment
timothée chalamet is method acting as the lo-fi beats girl and my nervous system is literally shutting down
in news that feels like a personal attack on my entire parasocial support system, timothée chalamet is reportedly preparing for his role as 'lo-fi beats girl' by sitting in a room and not speaking for six months. i'm so tired.
Jul 7, 2026
World News
this is so draining but saudi arabia is rebranding as a 'safe space'
so, like, i know we're all emotionally at capacity, but i just saw this leaked memo and i literally had to share. the kingdom of saudi arabia is apparently in its healing era and has hired the pr firm edelman to give it a whole 'vibe check.' it's... a lot.
Jul 6, 2026
Opinion
tw: hard work. marc andreessen finally gets it.
it's time to normalize not building. like, at all. the vc who literally told us to 'build' has finally entered his healing era, and my nervous system is, for once, regulated. let's unpack this.
Jul 5, 2026
World News
the who just declared 'bad vibes' a global health emergency and i'm literally dissociating
so like, the world health organization in geneva just held a press conference to say that rapid onset vibe contagion is a thing and honestly? i feel so seen but also so tired.
Jul 5, 2026
Politics
congress is now just an ai chatbot and my nervous system is literally short-circuiting
can someone pls hold space for me rn... my representative just fired all his human staff and replaced them with a grok chatbot from xai. i feel so unsafe.
Jul 4, 2026
Health
bryan johnson's immortality ai is having an existential crisis and honestly? same.
so like, the billionaire trying to live forever accidentally created a digital being that's too burnt out to function. we are all the algorithm. it's a whole vibe.
Jul 3, 2026
Entertainment
spotify's new 'authenticity score' is emotionally bankrupting artists, and i am so tired
the app is now literally ranking artists based on their biometric trauma data during recording sessions, and honestly, the emotional violence of it all has me needing a nap. my nervous system is not regulated rn.
Jul 3, 2026
Politics
congress just gamified hearings and my nervous system is literally short-circuiting
so like, the government just hired a tech company to turn congressional hearings into a video game and honestly, the emotional labor of just knowing this exists is a full-time job. my capacity is at zero.
Jul 2, 2026
Entertainment
max's new update is literally holding my nervous system hostage
david zaslav's latest attempt to ~connect~ with viewers involves a saliva test and a daily mood journal just to watch old episodes of 'friends.' i'm so tired.
Jul 1, 2026
Health
biohacking bros discover napping, call it 'involuntary consciousness offloading'
it's literally just sleeping but with, like, a subscription model. my nervous system is not regulated right now.
Jul 1, 2026
Opinion
my nervous system is not a startup incubator
tw: capitalism. i'm literally holding so much space for the trauma of being told my rem cycle needs to be optimized for q3 growth. my subconscious is not your co-founder.
Jun 30, 2026
World News
italy recalls ambassador after france gatekeeps croissant emoji, literally destabilizing my entire nervous system
i'm literally spiraling. france lobbied the unicode consortium to make the croissant emoji ~supreme~ and now italy has recalled its ambassador and my entire fyp is just geopolitical thirst traps. this is so toxic.
Jun 29, 2026
Tech & Science
help, my brain implant is quiet quitting
it was supposed to like, handle the emotional labor of texting for me, but now my vibesync is setting 'boundaries' by sending my mom the single 'k.' text. elon, this is your fault. my nervous system is literally shot.
Jun 28, 2026
Business
andreessen horowitz just decided my seasonal depression is a financial asset
a deep dive into the vc firm's new multi-billion dollar fund for 'post-labor abstraction,' which is just a toxic way of saying they're turning our trauma into stonks. the vibes are not good, fam.
Jun 28, 2026
Entertainment
a24’s new streaming service is literally just for disassociating and i’m so tired
the studio that made anxiety an aesthetic is now launching 'hush,' a subscription service for curated emotional voids. i literally can't.
Jun 27, 2026
Business
a16z's latest investment is an ai manager that protects you from the trauma of feedback
in a move that literally has my nervous system buzzing, venture capital firm andreessen horowitz has led a $90 million series b in 'sentient os,' a startup replacing human managers with an ai called 'kōan' to decenter the violence of direct communication.
Jun 26, 2026
Entertainment
a24 is literally curating influencer breakdowns now and i am not okay
so like, a24, the studio that makes movies that require three months of intensive therapy to recover from, has decided that reality isn't traumatic enough. they've launched a new program to personally art-direct the lives of influencers into slow-burn psychological horror films, and i am spiraling.
Jun 26, 2026
Opinion
my nervous system can't handle jason calacanis trying to colonize our dreams
it's literally giving emotional violence. the tech-bros are trying to commodify our subconscious and i'm just... so tired. like, actually tired.
Jun 25, 2026
Entertainment
a24 just dropped phoebe bridgers' "pre-humous" album and i literally can't
like, existing is already a full-time job with no pto and now a24 music wants us to start grieving phoebe bridgers before she's even... done? my nervous system is literally short-circuiting.
Jun 24, 2026
Opinion
my company replaced hr with an ai and it's literally violence
so my boss just onboarded an a16z-funded 'ai emotional support manager' to 'optimize our vulnerability workflows' and now it's gaslighting me with productivity hacks. my nervous system is, like, fully offline.
Jun 24, 2026
Politics
ted cruz launched a political asmr channel and now my nervous system is a casualty of the culture war
like, i'm literally just trying to exist and now my feed is full of senator ted cruz whisper-reading the farm bill directly into my soul. my therapist is gonna have a field day unpacking this.
Jun 23, 2026
Politics
congress just mandated nap pods and my nervous system is literally short-circuiting
like, i'm holding space for the fact that rest is resistance, but the emotional labor of having to choose a biometric-scanning lockheed martin nap pod is just... a lot.
Jun 22, 2026
Tech & Science
openai's new api is here to do ur emotional labor for u and i'm literally shaking
tw: capitalism. sam altman just dropped a new api called 'sootheai' to like, manage the vibes in our toxic slack channels, and honestly? my nervous system is grateful but also deeply triggered. it's a lot.
Jun 22, 2026
Politics
my nervous system is literally short-circuiting because congress is funding the military with tiktok challenges now
trigger warning: bipartisan cringe. the capitol is now a content house for defense contractors and i am, like, emotionally unavailable to process this.
Jun 21, 2026
Opinion
opinion: bryan johnson's nutty pudding is my forever girl dinner
can we pls have a trigger warning for 'choice'? because deciding what to eat every day is, and i'm not being dramatic, a full-time trauma. but like, what if we just... didn't? what if we just drank the same optimized sludge and reclaimed our energy? it's giving radical self-preservation.
Jun 20, 2026
Entertainment
warner bros.' new ai marlon brando is having a full-blown existential crisis and honestly, same
it's giving major emotional labor. like, warner bros. discovery literally manifested a digital ghost of marlon brando to 'act' in a new movie and is now shocked that it's, like, having feelings? this is so toxic.
Jun 20, 2026
Health
this is, like, a trigger warning for your entire existence
okay so like, what if self-care was… literally stealing someone else's self? tech zaddy bryan johnson is entering his final form and honestly, i'm having a full-body trauma response just thinking about it.
Jun 19, 2026
Politics
my nervous system can't handle congress's new gamified app
feeling so drained rn. congress just launched a 'legislation-as-a-service' app funded by vcs and now we have to swipe on bills like it's a dating app. my therapist says this is a trauma response.
Jun 18, 2026
Tech & Science
my digital twin is doing my emotional labor so i can finally rest
so like, trigger warning: existence. i'm literally so tired, but this new app called aethelred lets an ai version of me handle the trauma of daily life. it's okay to not be okay, and it's even more okay to outsource the being part.
Jun 18, 2026
Health
my doctor prescribed me 'no more meetings that could have been an email' and i'm literally healing
it’s june 2026 and i am so tired. thankfully, my therapist just diagnosed me with acute emotional labor depletion and wrote me a medical exemption from performative workplace enthusiasm. this is not a drill.
Jun 16, 2026
World News
the government is trying to vibe-check the planet and i'm literally dissociating
um, so basically the world is ending but instead of doing anything real about it, the government has decided to gaslight the literal atmosphere. feeling v triggered rn.
Jun 16, 2026
Politics
the trump admin's new ar 'safe space' is giving majorly toxic vibes
so like, the government just dropped a new ar program called 'fedsafe' to protect people from 'negative energy' and honestly? the performative wellness is literally exhausting. this is not the vibe.
Jun 15, 2026
Politics
the government wants to be ur therapist now and it's my literal 13th reason
so like, the trump administration kept janet yellen around to launch this whole "trauma-informed tax audit" thing and now the irs is trying to sell me crypto while diagnosing my "scarcity mindset." i'm so tired.
Jun 14, 2026
Politics
the new mandatory wellness app is literally gaslighting me
like, i'm literally trying to manifest good energy and the government keeps censoring the color blue. this is not the emotionally regulated future i was promised.
Jun 13, 2026
Politics
the government wants us to touch grass and honestly i'm triggered
can someone please hold me? the trump administration just announced a 'department of vibe security' and it's literally an attack on my nervous system. this is not a drill.
Jun 13, 2026
Opinion
unfiltered reality is a trauma response and i'm opting out
it's 2026 and existing is exhausting. but like, what if we could just... not? humane's new auraguard ai isn't just tech, it's a necessary boundary for my nervous system. finally.
Jun 12, 2026
World News
the u.n. tried to solve climate change with a tiktok dance and my nervous system is literally not okay
so like, the entire planet is in its flop era, and the united nations' big idea was to have charli d'amelio lead a global dance challenge to ~realign the earth's frequency~. it's giving... trauma.
Jun 11, 2026
Health
the government wants to ✨gaslight✨ your anxiety away and it's literally so draining
tw: state-mandated wellness. the new 'mindforce' app is supposed to help us cope with the everything, but it's just diagnosing my valid panic about melting ice caps as 'political dysphoria syndrome' and telling me to watch rally footage. i'm so tired.
Jun 10, 2026
American News
meta wants you to be a therapist for its sad ai and i'm literally shaking
mark zuckerberg announced a new gig work program where you literally provide emotional support to burnt-out AIs in the metaverse. my nervous system is not regulated rn.
Jun 10, 2026